CELEBRATING 10 YEARS - MEED Events
CELEBRATING 10 YEARS - MEED Events
CELEBRATING 10 YEARS - MEED Events
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Sunday, 17 February 2013<br />
Focus Day: Opportunities & Risks in Construction Logistics<br />
Exploiting new opportunities in manufacturing industries and managing resources and the movement of<br />
construction materials<br />
08:15 Registration & coffee<br />
08:45 Chairman’s welcome address<br />
STRATEGIES AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION LOGISTICS<br />
09:00 PANEL DISCUSSION:<br />
Planning and building a sustainable network: Qatar’s plans to re-establish port’s capacity to meet<br />
the demand of the upcoming upsurge in material<br />
• Discussing the current congestion and limited transport connections through the city<br />
• Coping with increased trade volumes in the coming 5-<strong>10</strong> years<br />
• On-going and planned port projects likely to dominate the ports including power generation,<br />
oil, gas, petrochemicals and transport infrastructure<br />
• Private sector opportunities when working with authorities to improve logistics expansion<br />
• Current upgrade and expansion plans that will make other ports viable for commercial use<br />
Invited: Ports Authority<br />
09:45 Unveiling public and private sector commercial opportunities for port expansion plans<br />
• Detailing the masterplan and finance considerations for port mega projects<br />
• Addressing the capacity needed for the future and the projects opportunities associated with<br />
expansion plans<br />
• Insights from international experiences in land-bridging options<br />
ShSeldon Morris, Director & Head of Capital Projects Advisory Qatar, Deloitte & Touche<br />
<strong>10</strong>:30 Meeting demand for construction materials against various bottlenecks and commodity costs to<br />
ensure projects remain commercial viable<br />
• Solutions to keeping construction material costs down during panning and construction<br />
stages<br />
• Discussing commodity prices for copper, iron ore and steel internationally due to uncertainty<br />
in the global economy<br />
• Opportunities in purchasing manufactured products from slower economies in the Eurozone<br />
to curb rising costs<br />
Tim Shelton, Partner, Gardiner & Theobald<br />
11:15 Interactive networking break<br />
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS: SUPPLY AND DEMAND CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS<br />
11:45 Materials and supply panel discussion:<br />
Discussing the effects of inflationary pressure and impacts on the project market<br />
• The effects of changes in supply and demand of materials and its impact on construction<br />
project delivery<br />
• Evaluating the current solutions available in the market to meet future material demand<br />
Emil Rademeyer, General Manager, <strong>MEED</strong> Cost Indices<br />
www.qatarconference.com | T +971 (0) 4 390 0699 |E events@meed.com<br />
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